Police arrested a resident of a facility for the disabled in western Japan on Sunday on suspicion that she started…
MATSUYAMA —
Police arrested a resident of a facility for the disabled in western Japan on Sunday on suspicion that she started a fire which led to the death of three fellow residents.
Police said they were in the process of identifying three bodies, believed to be two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s who were unaccounted for after the fire, which started before 1 a.m. Sunday in a building at the facility in Matsuno, Ehime Prefecture.
According to police, Chifumi Zenke, a 49-year-old resident, admitted starting a fire in her room at the Hidamari 3 facility where eight residents and a care worker were staying at the time.
